960 Recently /luhli.shed Omitholoyical Works. [Ibis, 



and MM. A. Godard, J. Bailly Maitre, and A. Hugues all 

 send articles on this important question. In this connection 

 moreover, we are glad to notice that the Flamingo is to 

 he specially protected in future in its breeding-places at 

 the mouth of the Rhone. 



In most birds the wing of the bird is about three to five 

 times the leiiiith of the tarsus. M. M.Bouvierhas drawn up 

 a table showing this correspondence, and points out that in the 

 long-winged birds the tarsus becomes very much shorter in 

 proportion: for instance, in the Swallow the wing is twenty- 

 five times the length of the tarsus; and in the short-winged 

 birds the reverse is the case, as, for instance, in the Stilt the 

 wing is about twice the length of the tarsus. Another 

 paper by the same author deals with the distribution of the 

 Penguins, and endeavours to explain some of the remarkable 

 facts. 



An important paper by Dr. A. Rochon-Duvigneaud con- 

 tains an exposition on bird vision, in regard to which he is 

 endeavouring to throw more light. At the end of the paper 

 is a " questionnaire " asking for information and observations 

 on various moot points. 



M. Menegaux himself has collected a good deal of infor- 

 mation on the alleged disappearance of the Common 

 Sparrow in many parts of the south of France ; he has also 

 completed his account of a collection of birds made at 

 Misiones in Argentina. M. J. L'Hermitte has some notes 

 on the birds of Grenoble (Isere) and of Lantaret (Hautes 

 Alpes); Mr. G. R. Mayfield of Tennessee, U.S.A., gives a list 

 of 102 birds observed by him near Sezanne in Champagne ; 

 and M. P. Bede notices the occurrence of the Cormorant 

 at Sfax in Tunisia and discusses the subspecies. Finally, 

 M. E. Simon proposes with diagnoses and types fifteen new 

 genera of Humming-birds (Trochilidaj). 



Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia. 



[Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia. Anno Quinto. mcmxix. Publisbed 

 1920.] 



We are glad to receive a new part of the Italian ornitho- 

 logical journal, the publication of which has been somewhat 



